At the present time within Davidian circles there are many viewpoints and much confusion regarding the trouble(s) we as a people are to experience in the near future, specifically, the nature and exact sequence of events involving the sealing of the 144,000, the purification of the church, the solemn assembly, and Jacob’s time of trouble. Part of the confusion has arisen due to teaching coming from the “New Codes” sermon addresses published by Florence Houteff after the death of Brother Houteff. It is from these unauthorized codes the idea comes that Jacob’s time of trouble takes place before Ezekiel 9. Prior posts on this website have thoroughly refuted this teaching and can be found at the following links (click here and here).
By the grace and mercy of God it can be seen over the past several years that many brethren are waking up and rejecting confused teachings coming from these unauthorized New Codes. However some questions still remain regarding if there is any trouble that we go through prior to Ezekiel 9. The answer is yes, but this is identified by inspiration as the “present trouble”(Tract No. 9, p. 58, 59) which is distinct and different Jacob’s time of trouble. This it leads us to ask
- Is there more that one time of trouble for the 144,000 to experience?
- If so, then what are they called and when do they occur?
As all serious students of the SRod we should go to the golden bowl and search for our answers therein. By way of example we have compiled for your convenience a study entitled “Times of Trouble” which looks at Rod and SOP quotes centered on the following four areas. The link to download a PDF version is listed below.
- The “present trouble”
- Jacobs time of trouble
- The time of trouble since as never was since there was a nation
- Solemn assembly
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